Hello Flavio, I think you may have got the wrong Doug :-) I'm much more of a wide-angle person The gentleman with the long lenses and the unparalleled bird pictures is Douglas Herr (or Doug Herr) If you have a few minutes, the sort of stuff "Herr" Douglas (I've been in Germany for 33 years now) shoots can be seen in a number of selected shots below Here are two of Hannover, where I live http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/New-Old-Pictures/MG_3961_edited_1.jpg.html http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/New-Old-Pictures/MG_3974_edited_1.jpg.html Leeds,where I was born http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/New-Old-Pictures/Image1_43_edited_1.jpg.html Berlin, always worth a visit http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/New-Old-Pictures/CRW_0389_edited_3.jpg.html Milano, a wonderful city http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/New-Old-Pictures/Image14_5_edited_2.jpg.html York, another wonderful city http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/New-Old-Pictures/Yorkshire/York_centre.jpg.html Close-ups http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/New-Old-Pictures/MG_3738_edited_1.jpg.html http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/New-Old-Pictures/album150/MG_2892_edited_2.jpg.html Flowers http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/New-Old-Pictures/album150/MG_3832_edited_1.jpg.html http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/New-Old-Pictures/album150/Glass.jpg.html http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/New-Old-Pictures/album150/Calla_4.jpg.html Steam trains http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/New-Old-Pictures/Railway-Heritage/_MG_4812_edited-2-1.jpg.html and Posy, our cat http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/New-Old-Pictures/Cats/_MG_5448_edited-1.jpg.html I do own a couple of long lenses, but I hardly ever use them, this was taken with a Zeiss 4/300mm http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/New-Old-Pictures/Yorkshire/Ships-and-Boats/MG_5005_edited_1.jpg.html Hope you like them Best regards Douglas FLAVIO GORI wrote: > When I see some of your pictures taken with 560 mm or the 400 mm, I > think that I'd like add a Grenoble to my R system, but I suppose it > may be very hard to menage on the field and remain with my f:3.4 180. > > Ciao! > > Flavio > > > > ------ Unsubscribe or change to/from Digest Mode at: http://www3.telus.net/~telyt/lrflex.htm Archives are at: //www.freelists.org/archives/leicareflex/